Salmon Lake Airport
Z81 · Salmon Lake, Alaska · Nome County · map
Salmon Lake Airport is a public-use airport in Salmon Lake, Alaska, 509 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,000 feet of gravel.
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What is the airport code for Salmon Lake Airport?
Its FAA code is Z81.
Where is Salmon Lake Airport?
It is in Salmon Lake, Alaska, 509 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Salmon Lake Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,000 feet long, gravel.
Does Salmon Lake Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Salmon Lake Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z81
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 509 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,000 × 55 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 15: brush on the approach
- Runway 33: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Nome Airport (26 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Nome City Field (26 nm south), Nome Airport (26 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Slopes 40 feet uphill southeast to northwest.
- Runway end rocky.
- Cones and threshold panels.
- Cones and threshold panels.
- Soft when wet.
- Nmrs 6 in rocks.
- Runway maintenance NA. runway condition unmnt, recommended visual insp bfr use.
- High trrn all quads.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Salmon Lake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Salmon Lake, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Z81.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.